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Alright. We want to discuss something that we've been thinking about a lot recently. The survival of Edward VI of England.

Now Edward VI dying was a major shift for England. Where as the English aristocracy were willing to bend to the authoritarian rule of the Tudors, they were not willing to be ruled like that by their successors. While Mary and Elizabeth are considered Tudors, they were women and as such did not have the same authority. Yes, Bloody Mary had enough power to burn many people but her heir wouldn't have been Tudor. And she died without one. Same with Elizabeth. The Tudor power began to fade.

But what if Edward VI did not die so fast? He was more than likely to be a protestant monarch and would have killed off with him some of the great Protestant/Catholic wars that came with his death and passing of the throne to a Catholic Mary. It probably would not have ended in the English Parliament gaining as much power as it did as soon as it did. How do you think this would have changed English, British and European history? By this time there were several parliamentary bodies in Europe. But none of them held true power. The English parliament was required for the monarch to gain access to any taxes and bills could not be passed without their consent. But under the Tudors, even this body held no power. So what if the Tudors remained? The divine will of God was a really serious matter and many would have stayed loyal to Edward. So it's possible that, at least under his rule, the parliament would continue to have no power. Would this mean that monarchy would be slower to fall in this timeline?

There has also been talk that the French rebellion breaking out had precedent with the English civil war and the glorious revolution which were a direct result of the waning of monarchical power. Like a butterfly effect, we could have seen Europe, and as a result the rest of the world, go down a different route of governing where the monarch was still the most powerful man in the kingdom but not the most powerful 'power' in the kingdom.